Greece’s Coast Guard with the help of police on Friday morning made use of stun grenades to deal with the uprising of about a thousand refugees at the port of Mytilene, on the island of Lesvos. Posted on 09/05/2015 2:45:18 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Greece’s Coast Guard with the help of police on Friday morning made use of stun grenades to deal with the uprising of about a thousand refugees at the port of Mytilene, on the island of Lesvos.
Thousands of refugees are stuck at the port of Mytilene since the number of ferries that can carry them to the ports of Piraeus or Thessaloniki. On Friday morning, about a thousand of them, with most of them being Afghans, tried to take over a ferry.
While shouting “Athens-Athens,” the refugees stormed Blue Star 1 ferry. The ship crew raised the passageway trapping hundreds of regular passengers who had already embarked, among the refugees.
“This happens every day,” said Mytilene Mayor Spyros Galanos on Greek television. “I have requested ships and chartered planes to transfer them but they won’t provide them… I have asked to call the situation as a ‘state of emergency.’ They won’t do it. The situation is out of control,” he added.
Thousands of refugees and migrants are temporarily trapped on the island and they are getting irate as their documents are not processed quickly enough so that they can move on to the destination of their choice.
“The number of refugees is lost, it’s out of control. There is danger that a spark may start a big fire. I have tabled proposals, I even called on mayors in Turkey and Europe and tabled proposals, but no one is listening. They are trying to turn a national issue to a political issue,” Galanos said.
Migrants removed from Mytilene port
Some 10,000 refugees and migrants were led from the area of the port of Mytilene to an open space near the beach “Tsamakia.” Men of the Coast Guard and the police forced the refugees and migrants to leave the area of the port and lead them into the open space of “Fykiotrypas,” located a few hundred meters from the port.
Meanwhile, Eleftherios Venizelos ferry arrived at Piraeus Port at 10 am on Friday carrying about 2,504 refugees and migrants from four islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea.
Christodoulakis said that at the moment the Greek government is completing procedures to receive money from nine different European funds, seeking 400 million euros from the asylum fund and 330 million euros from a fund for the poor.
Greek police lack firearms?
So you let a few roaches in and ..........
> So you let a few roaches in and ..........
Then before you know it they’re running the show
I wonder what would have happened during WWII if Americans decided not to defend their country and had shifted into “refugee” mode. Where would they have gone? Sometimes, you have to cowboy up and take a stand.
i suggest they try swords... bet that'll give-em pause before they try that crap again
These migrants sure do seem peaceful. I’m sure they’ll be law abiding citizens in europe./s
I saw that exact scene a few months ago. I was watching the movie World War Z.
What if the Brits had done the same during the Blitz?
I look at that picture and see nothing but young males. Not the usual demographic of refugees. They look more like an army.
BINGO!
Yup! People are afraid to fight for their country these days because they’re afraid that someone might become “offended” and call them “rasis”. PC Kills!!!
Lesbos is about 8 miles off the Turkish coast. Anyone can get across in a rowboat.
Hillary is on the way — look at her row!!
Hillary is rushing to Lesbos? I’m not going to touch that one...
Th West won’t due what is necessary - turn them back or sink them at sea. If any of them make it ashore, ship them right back, if they resist, then show them what will happen to invaders. These young males are enemy army invaders.
Yes that is who they are, and we will have to deal with that Army sooner then later.
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